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INTERNET SCAMS Virtually every week I receive yet another Internet scam telling me I have either won vast sums of money or asking for my help in banking huge sums of money which I will then spectacularly inherit. And lucky old me has been picked out time and time again from the millions and millions of people on the Internet. DO NOT be caught out by these fraudsters. Remember if an offer sounds too good to be true it probably is. So I have decided to ststeward.org.uk/uni.htm">University Work
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INTERNET SCAMS Virtually every week I receive yet another Internet scam telling me I have either won vast sums of money or asking for my help in banking huge sums of money which I will then spectacularly inherit. And lucky old me has been picked out time and time again from the millions and millions of people on the Internet. DO NOT be caught out by these fraudsters. Remember if an offer sounds too good to be true it probably is. So I have decided to start a section where I will re-produce these e-mails and include an explanation where possible about where they come. I am sure this section will build up quickly and only sorry that I have wiped out previous contacts. If this section helps just one person to avoid being a victim of these people then I will have achieved something. I have left the messages in the typeface and lay-out that they were sent. It might help people to recognise them. Peter
Received July 8th, 2008 Hello my good friend. How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may not undart a section where I will re-produce these e-mails and include an explanation where possible about where they come. I am sure this section will build up quickly and only sorry that I have wiped out previous contacts. If this section helps just one person to avoid being a victim of these people then I will have achieved something. I have left the messages in the typeface and lay-out that they were sent. It might help people to recognise them. Peter
Received July 8th, 2008 Hello my good friend. How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do not remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million- dollar business proposal which we never concluded. I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Paraguay who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in Paraguay that was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $900,000.00 I have left a certified international bank draft for you worth of $900,000.00 cashable anywhere in the world. My dear friend I will like you to contact my Account Officer with Financial Bank of Benin Tony Aku, on his direct email address at : [ tonyaku04@sify.com] for collection of your bank draft. I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you ask him for it. At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this token
with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, Also comply with
Mr Tony Aku directives so that he will send the draft to you without any
delay. Mr. James Adam NOTES: It is likely that this is one of many scams circulating from Nigeria. Sadly the scammers are at times using real people's names without their knowledge. This one is just plain ridiculous. It starts by stating that I didn't take part in a financial partnership and missed out on millions of dollars but by way of compensation they are just going to give me $900,000. If you believe that you will believe anything. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION Received July 12th I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Paraguay who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in Paraguay that was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $900,000.00 I have left a certified international bank draft for you worth of $900,000.00 cashable anywhere in the world. My dear friend I will like you to contact my Account Officer with Financial Bank of Benin Tony Aku, on his direct email address at : [ tonyaku04@sify.com] for collection of your bank draft. I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you ask him for it. At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this token
with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, Also comply with
Mr Tony Aku directives so that he will send the draft to you without any
delay. Mr. James Adam NOTES: It is likely that this is one of many scams circulating from Nigeria. Sadly the scammers are at times using real people's names without their knowledge. This one is just plain ridiculous. It starts by stating that I didn't take part in a financial partnership and missed out on millions of dollars but by way of compensation they are just going to give me $900,000. If you believe that you will believe anything. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION Received July 12th Notes: Very often these scams are written in capital letters - perhaps they feel this has more impact. Usually the English is very poor as in the above example which includes a threat and then offers money from ATM machines. This is an interesting one and another from Nigeria. Received July 17th
From The Desk OF Mr Prosper Eme. Ecobank financial and security company Lomé-Togo West Africa..... A SUBSIDIARY OF ECOWAS MONETRY UNIT (GWSC/ECOWAS UNIT) Email:mr.prosperemetg@yahoo.co .uk My Dear Friend, With good faith i have come to you about this Legitimate Business of mine, but i must first introduce myself to you. I am Mr Prosper Eme.The Operation Manager of the Ecobank financial and security company Lomé-Togo, West Africa. A SUBSIDIARY OF ECOWAS MONETRY UNIT (GWSC/ECOWAS UNIT) I am writing in a respect of unclaimed deposit belonging to a foreigner, Late Mr Mr. John Paul Getty,of United Kindom,who with account G.W.S.C/1001/44986-00/tg Who after after a brief illness in Lome-Togo before he was transfered to london for treatement were he finally gave up to ghost. Since the demise of Getty personally have watched with kin interest to see any next of kin or beneficiary to this deposit but no one has come up for the claim of( £7.5000. 000Pounds stelling) has being in our security vault for a very long time. On this note, i decided to seek for your noble assistance to help me come for the release and transfer of this fund into any of your nominated bank account abroad, In the sense to make you the beneficiary to this unclaimed deposit. As no one both friends and relatives has come up as the next of kin to this deposit and our banking ethnics here does not allow such deposit to stay more than seven/eight years, because after seven/eight years the money will be confiscated into the nations treasury as an unclaimed deposit. In view of this, I got your contact in my country's trade journal after which i was convinced to contact you and introduce this business to you as a foreigner. The request of the foreigner as a next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that, the customer was a foreigner and a togolaise can not stand as the next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed to share this money with you in the mutual understanding of 65%/35%. You keep 35% while 65% will be mine, How about that? Thereafter i will visit your country for mutual sharing between both of us. Bear in mind also that i would like to invest my own part of DATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT. REGARDS, DR.J.C.WILLIAMS DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT (CBN) TELEPHONE LINE: +234-808-020-272-8 MAIL: atmpayment22@ubbi.com Notes: Very often these scams are written in capital letters - perhaps they feel this has more impact. Usually the English is very poor as in the above example which includes a threat and then offers money from ATM machines. This is an interesting one and another from Nigeria. Received July 17th
From The Desk OF Mr Prosper Eme.
Ecobank financial and security company Lomé-Togo West Africa..... A SUBSIDIARY OF ECOWAS MONETRY UNIT (GWSC/ECOWAS UNIT) Email:mr.prosperemetg@yahoo.co .uk My Dear Friend, With good faith i have come to you about this Legitimate Business of mine, but i must first introduce myself to you. I am Mr Prosper Eme.The Operation Manager of the Ecobank financial and security company Lomé-Togo, West Africa. A SUBSIDIARY OF ECOWAS MONETRY UNIT (GWSC/ECOWAS UNIT) I am writing in a respect of unclaimed deposit belonging to a foreigner, Late Mr Mr. John Paul Getty,of United Kindom,who with account G.W.S.C/1001/44986-00/tg Who after after a brief illness in Lome-Togo before he was transfered to london for treatement were he finally gave up to ghost. Since the demise of Getty personally have watched with kin interest to see any next of kin or beneficiary to this deposit but no one has come up for the claim of( £7.5000. 000Pounds stelling) has being in our security vault for a very long time. On this note, i decided to seek for your noble assistance to help me come for the release and transfer of this fund into any of your nominated bank account abroad, In the sense to make you the beneficiary to this unclaimed deposit. As no one both friends and relatives has come up as the next of kin to this deposit and our banking ethnics here does not allow such deposit to stay more than seven/eight years, because after seven/eight years the money will be confiscated into the nations treasury as an unclaimed deposit. In view of this, I got your contact in my country's trade journal after which i was convinced to contact you and introduce this business to you as a foreigner. The request of the foreigner as a next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that, the customer was a foreigner and a togolaise can not stand as the next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed to share this money with you in the mutual understanding of 65%/35%. You keep 35% while 65% will be mine, How about that? Thereafter i will visit your country for mutual sharing between both of us. Bear in mind also that i would like to invest my own part of the share in your country. As i am almost due for retirement. For us to proceed towards this transaction, you have to send an application text to the security company as the next of kin to their deceased customer. I will send to you a text of application which you shall re-type and send to the Ecobank financial and security company because the money was deposited in their security vault, Upon your response to this mail. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement has been perfected for the successful claim and transfer of this fund. Don't forget to keep this transaction a top confidential untill we achieve our goal. Waiting for your positive response. Best Regards, Mr Prosper Eme. o Notes: Possibly the worst spelling and grammar to date. how could you possibly be taken in by this one?
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